Khag Raj Bhatta

Honourable
Khag Raj Bhatta
खग राज भट्ट
Chief Minister of Sudurpashchim Province
Incumbent
Assumed office
14 August 2026
PresidentRam Chandra Poudel
GovernorNajir Miya
Preceded byKamal Bahadur Shah
Leader of the Opposition in the Sudurpashchim Provincial Assembly
In office
17 May 2025 – 13 August 2036
Chief MinisterKamal Bahadur Shah
Preceded byMan Bahadur Dhami
Succeeded byKamal Bahadur Shah
In office
10 February 2023 – 27 February 2023
Chief MinisterKamal Bahadur Shah
Preceded byKamal Bahadur Shah
Succeeded byRajendra Singh Rawal
Member of the Sudurpashchim Provincial Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office
30 December 2022
Preceded byPathan Singh Bohara
ConstituencyDadeldhura 1 (A)
Personal details
PartyNepali Communist Party
Other political
affiliations
Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre)

Khag Raj Bhatta (Nepali: खग राज भट्ट) is a Nepali politician who has been serving as the Chief Minister of Sudurpaschim Province since 14 August 2026.[1][2][3] He has been serving as a member of the Sudurpashchim Provincial Assembly since 30 December 2023.[4][5] Bhatta has served as a Minister in the Government of Sudurpashchim Province,[6][7][8] as the parliamentary party leader of the CPN (Maoist Centre) and as Leader of the Opposition as in the Sudurpashchim Provincial Assembly 10 to 27 February 2023.[9][10][11]

Bhatta was reelected as the parliamentary party leader of the CPN (Maoist Centre), assuming the role of Leader of the Opposition in the Sudurpashchim Provincial Assembly 17 May 2025 to 13 August 2026.[12][13] Following the party merger in 2025 that created the Nepali Communist Party, he was elected as its parliamentary party leader in the Provincial Assembly and continues to serve in that role.[14][15]

References

  1. ↑ "Khagaraj Bhatta appointed Sudurpaschim chief minister". Khabarhub. Retrieved 2026-08-14.
  2. ↑ "New Chief Minister Khagraj Bhatta Takes Oath in Sudurpaschim Province". english.ratopati.com (in Nepali). Retrieved 2026-08-14.
  3. ↑ "खगराज भट्ट सुदूरपश्चिमको मुख्यमन्त्री नियुक्त". Ekantipur (in Nepali). Retrieved 2026-08-14.
  4. ↑ "MC's Bhatta wins in Dadeldura 'A'". GorakhaPatra. Retrieved 2026-06-03.
  5. ↑ "डडेल्धुरा प्रदेशसभा (क) मा माओवादीका भट्ट विजयी". GorakhaPatra. Retrieved 2026-06-03.
  6. ↑ "सुदूरपश्चिमका मुख्यमन्त्री र मन्त्रीहरुले लिए शपथ". radiokantipur.com. Retrieved 2026-06-03.
  7. ↑ खबर, धनगढी. "मुख्यमन्त्रीसँगै दुई मन्त्रीले लिए सपथ". Dhangadhi Khabar. Retrieved 2026-06-03.
  8. ↑ "आज मुख्यमन्त्री रावल संगै २ जना मन्त्रीले सपथ लिने". State7Online. Retrieved 2026-06-03.
  9. ↑ "Khagraj Bhatta unanimously elected PP leader of Maoist Centre Sudurpaschim Province". Nepal Press. Retrieved 2026-06-03.
  10. ↑ "सुदूरपश्चिममा माओवादी संसदीय दलको नेतामा भट्ट सर्वसम्मत चयन". Online Khabar. Retrieved 2026-06-03.
  11. ↑ "Khagaraj Bhatta elected as leader of Maoist Far West Parliamentary Party - English.MakaluKhabar.com". 2023-01-01. Retrieved 2026-06-03.
  12. ↑ "Khagaraj's reinstatement as Maoist Sudurpaschim PP leader delayed". english.ratopati.com (in Nepali). Retrieved 2026-06-03.
  13. ↑ "माओवादी केन्द्र सुदूरपश्चिम प्रदेश संसदीय दलको नेतामा भट्ट चयन". www.ratopati.com (in Nepali). Retrieved 2026-06-03.
  14. ↑ "नेकपाको सुदूरपश्चिम संसदीय दलको नेतामा भट्ट". Naya Patrika. Retrieved 2026-06-03.
  15. ↑ "सुदूरपश्चिम प्रदेशसभामा नेकपा सबैभन्दा ठुलो दल, संसदीय दलको नेतामा खगराज भट्ट". 2026-02-10. Retrieved 2026-06-03.
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